A NEW IDEA: How Changes To Special Education Law Will Impact Students With Disabilities
Please Note: This course has already
been held.
Date: Friday, February 10, 2006
Location: Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston, MA
Time: 09:00 AM - 01:30 PM
Registration Information
This seminar is designed to provide information as to recent changes in federal and state special education laws and procedures. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act was reauthorized in December 2004 with many important changes that are now being implemented. The Bureau of Special Education Appeals has also made sweeping changes to its procedures in 2004. In addition, many state special education regulations have changed with more changes to come. A faculty consisting of special education attorneys with extensive litigation experience and a Hearing Officer from the Bureau of Special Education Appeals will help you understand these changes and how they will affect the representation of students with disabilities.
Who Should Attend:
This course assumes a basic knowledge of special education law. However, it will be invaluable to anyone working with child clients.
Eligibility, Evaluation Process and IEP This session will focus on the changes to federal law that affect eligibility determinations, the evaluation process, and development of IEPs. Discussion topics include: re-evaluation frequency, evaluation of learning disabilities, IEP “present levels of educational performance”, IEP goals and objectives, IEP statement of services, service providers (including “highly qualified” teachers), transition, and procedures and attendees for IEP Team meetings. Eileen M. Hagerty, Esq., Kotin, Crabtree & Strong, LLP, Boston, MA
Julia K. Landau, Esq., Massachusetts Advocates for Children, Boston, MA
Transition & Discipline This session address the changes regarding transition and discipline. The discussion of changes includes the following issues: - Who is eligible for protections in discipline under special education law
- Changes to the law concerning manifestation determinations
- The ability of school districts to remove special education students
- Services schools need to provide to students with disabilities to transition into adulthood.
Tim Sindelar, Esq., Ames, Hilton, Martin & Sindelar, Cambridge, MA
Jill A. Updegraph, Esq., Salem, MA
Due Process and BSEA Changes In this segment the presenters will outline the major changes in the rules and procedures, experience with implementation, and how this may substantially affect practice before the BSEA. Changes include: School districts must file formal responses to parents’ requests for hearing The parties must hold or formally waive a reconciliation conference before going forward with the hearing process Standards and timelines for expedited hearings have changed Almost all timelines for the process have been shortened and standards for flexibility tightened A new “off calendar” procedure could catch the unwary New timelines for final arguments and hearing decisions put pressure on all parties to move cases to prompt resolution Rosa I. Figueroa, Hearing Officer, Bureau of Special Education Appeals, MA DOE
Richard F. Howard, Esq., Ipswich, MA
| Date: |
|
Friday, February 10, 2006 |
| Tuition: |
|
Tuition is $69.00 and includes the course book and a continental breakfast.
|
| Walk-Ins: |
|
Registrations at the door are welcome, but please register in advance to reserve a seat or call to confirm space availability.
|
| Refunds: |
|
Written requests for cancellations received 24 hours prior to the program will be granted a refund, minus a $15 charge.
|
| Location: |
|
Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston, MA
|
| Credit: |
|
Approved for CLE Credit in RI, NH, VT & ME. This program has also been approved for 5 hours of CAFL Credit and 4 hours for CPCS Mental Health Litigation.
|
Special
Needs: |
|
If you have special needs addressed by the Americans with Disabilities Act, please notify us.
|
Directions to the Law School.
|
|
Library 
